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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMexicoOmanGuinea
27397,2422,3487,610
27498,4032,4037,780
27599,5992,4577,821
276100,8632,5107,906
278102,1322,5628,121
279103,3342,6138,317
280104,5082,6638,478
281105,7382,7138,650
282107,0832,7648,860
283108,5542,8169,091
285110,0612,8719,327
286111,4682,9289,571
287112,8262,9869,825
288114,1633,04710,084
289115,4713,11010,351
290116,7573,17410,632
291118,0173,24010,924
291117,4443,30711,225
292118,7993,37511,534
293120,2893,44411,855
294121,8723,51212,160
294123,2603,58212,469
295124,4623,65112,778
295125,2473,69613,087

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Mexico

  • 1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
  • 1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
  • 1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
  • 1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.